Updated Nov 9, 2026

University of Evansville PA Interview: MMI Format & Questions

Key facts (2026-27)

Format: Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)
Where: On campus at the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences in Evansville, Indiana

Dates for 2026-27

Non-rolling, decided after the August 1, 2026 CASPA Complete deadline
Interview invitations
Saturday, September 19, 2026 (morning) for January 2027 graduate entry
Interviews
First offers sent within 1 to 2 weeks of interviews, with a $1,000 non-refundable deposit
Offers and decisions

Checked November 2026 against UEPA Graduate Admission (Pathway 2) and UEPA Admission Requirements. Confirm details in your invitation.

The University of Evansville Physician Assistant (UEPA) program interviews graduate applicants in person using a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) at the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences on the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026. According to the University of Evansville PA Program FAQ, the program receives about 400 applications in a typical year for 40 seats, decides on interview invites only after the August 1 CASPA deadline, and sends first admission offers within 1 week of the MMI. Sources: UEPA: Frequently Asked Questions, UEPA: Admission Requirements, UEPA: Graduate Admission (Pathway 2). Last checked November 3, 2026.

What the UEPA interview looks like

The University of Evansville Physician Assistant Program uses a two-step selection process for traditional graduate applicants (Pathway 2). First, the selection committee evaluates your overall and prerequisite GPAs in CASPA alongside your personal statement, exposure to and understanding of the PA profession, campus involvement, investment in community, commitment to learning, leadership history, letters of recommendation, and writing and interpersonal skills. See our Dayton PA program interview guide for another program.

Top candidates are invited to an on-campus Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) at the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences in downtown Evansville, Indiana (515 Bob Jones Way, Room 3001). For the 2026 cycle (entering January 2027), the graduate MMI took place on the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026. High school seniors applying to the Baccalaureate to Physician Assistant (B/PA) Direct Entry pathway (Pathway 1) interview in person at Direct Entry Day at the Stone Family Center on Friday, November 20, 2026.

UEPA does not use rolling admissions for interview invitations. Although the committee evaluates applications as they arrive, interview invitations are decided only after the August 1 CASPA deadline passes. After the MMI, candidates are re-ranked and selected for admission. The program FAQ states that first offers for the January cohort go out within 1 week of interviews (the Graduate Admission page notes offers are made within two weeks), and the waitlist stays active up to the first day of classes in January. Accepting an offer requires a $1,000 non-refundable seat deposit, applied toward tuition upon matriculation.

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University of Evansville PA interview and cycle timeline (graduate entry)
Step	What University of Evansville states
Interview format	In-person Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) on campus
Location	Stone Family Center for Health Sciences, 515 Bob Jones Way, Room 3001, Evansville, IN
CASPA cycle opens	April 30, 2026 (for the January 2027 cohort)
Application deadline	August 1, 2026 (must reach CASPA Complete status, non-rolling interview determination)
2026 MMI date	Morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026 (Direct Entry Day for HS seniors: Friday, November 20, 2026)
Initial admission offers	Within 1 week of the September interview (within two weeks per Graduate Admission page). Waitlist active until classes start
Final prerequisite transcripts due	December 18 (all but two prerequisites must be completed at application submission)
Classes begin	January 2027 (28-month, 7-semester year-round MPAS curriculum, 113 credit hours)

Mission, core values and curriculum details that sharpen your answers

At UE, MMI scenarios reflect three mission statements on the program's Mission and Philosophy page. The Department of Physician Assistant Science mission is: "The University of Evansville Physician Assistant Program mission is to educate well-rounded, professional, competent physician assistants who are leaders of change within their communities." The College of Education and Health Sciences prepares students to be "critical thinkers, lifelong learners, advocates for those they serve and committed to social and civic responsibility." The University of Evansville mission is: "To empower each student to think critically, act bravely, serve responsibly, and live meaningfully in a changing world."

Completion of the 28-month, year-round program awards a Master of Physician Assistant Science (MPAS) degree totaling 113 credit hours across 7 semesters. The first 4 semesters (17 months) are didactic: semester one focuses on a team environment, community or population needs, and the human element (the art) of medicine, while the next three didactic semesters mix foundational science with synchronized modular clinical science. In the 12-month clinical phase (3 semesters), students complete seven core rotations: four in primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, women's health, pediatrics) and three in specialty care (general surgery, community mental health, emergency medicine), plus a required rotation in orthopedics and an elective.

Anchor your MMI reasoning in the University of Evansville core values and PA program goals:

Integrity: Academic and personal integrity under UE's honor code and code of conduct, ethical decision-making, transparency, and respecting the rights, boundaries, and beliefs of others.
Innovation: Interdisciplinary teamwork, creative problem solving, global immersion, and explicitly "recognizing the value of learning from failure" to become a catalyst for progress.
Intellectual Curiosity: Lifelong learning through research, experiential learning, and community outreach.
Inclusive Community: Openness, collaboration, and welcoming a diverse range of cultures and perspectives.
Education for the Whole Person: Cultivating intellectual, moral, social, physical, emotional, and spiritual wellness across liberal arts, sciences, and professional training.
Program Goals: Selecting well-qualified applicants, producing competent entry-level PAs, maintaining a graduation rate above the national average, preparing students for patient-centered care on collaborative interprofessional teams, making a difference in communities through skills and service, and providing equitable, inclusive care to a diverse population.

12 University of Evansville PA interview questions with example answers

Our team wrote these practice questions and example answers around the selection factors in the UEPA FAQ, the department's "leaders of change" mission, and the UE core values. For a broader list of prompts across programs, see our guide to PA school interview questions.

1. Understanding the PA role: "What have you done to independently explore the physician assistant profession, and why does the PA role fit you better than medical school or nursing?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "I shadowed PAs in family medicine, orthopedic surgery, and community mental health to see how PAs function across different teams. In family medicine, the PA managed a chronic disease panel autonomously while consulting her collaborating physician on a complex polypharmacy case. In orthopedics, the PA first-assisted in the operating room in the morning and ran the fracture clinic that afternoon. That combination of medical-model training, lateral mobility, and physician-PA teamwork is why I chose this path, and it matches UE's required rotations from primary care and community mental health to orthopedics."

2. Campus involvement and leadership: "Tell us about a leadership role you held on campus and how it prepared you to work on a collaborative medical team."

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "As coordinator for our campus peer health educators, I led student volunteers running wellness workshops for freshmen. Early on, attendance was low because everyone designed slides alone without asking what freshmen worried about. I brought the group together to survey first-year dorms, paired veteran presenters with new members, and shifted our workshops to interactive Q&A sessions on sleep, nutrition, and stress. Attendance doubled the next month. Leading that group taught me to listen to the population first and give every teammate a clear role."

3. First-semester focus (Interprofessional teamwork): "You are a PA student on an interprofessional team with nursing and physical therapy students. One teammate dismisses the PT student's mobility concern and wants to discharge the patient immediately. What do you do?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "Patient safety comes first, and an interprofessional team only works when every discipline's lens is respected. Before anyone enters the patient's room, I would pause the huddle and ask the PT student to walk us through the mobility findings and fall risks they observed. Then I would connect the PT's assessment to our shared goal: preventing a readmission from a fall at home. UE starts its first semester with team environment and the art of medicine for this reason. My job is to make sure the whole care team is heard before we present a plan to our preceptor."

4. UE Core Value (Integrity): "You walk into the student lounge before a modular clinical science exam and see a classmate reviewing photos of a quiz that another student took early for an excused absence. What do you do?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "UE's core value of integrity starts with the honor code and extends to professional accountability as future clinicians. First, I would speak to my classmate privately right then, point out that using unreleased exam material violates the honor code, and ask them to delete the photos and report the breach to the course director themselves. Cutting corners on academic honesty now compromises the trust patients and collaborating physicians place in us later. If my classmate refused to self-report before the exam started, I would follow the program's code of conduct and report the incident to faculty myself."

5. UE Core Value (Innovation and learning from failure): "University of Evansville explicitly values 'learning from failure.' Tell us about a time you failed at something important, how you responded, and what you changed."

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "In my first semester as an organic chemistry peer tutor, I ran my sessions like a second lecture. Mid-semester feedback showed half my group was still failing quizzes, and two students stopped coming. I had failed to check whether they could work through mechanisms on their own. I met with the faculty coordinator, scrapped my lecture notes, and rebuilt the sessions around whiteboard problem-solving where students held the marker and talked through where they got stuck. By the final, the remaining students raised their test averages by a full letter grade. That failure taught me to check for understanding first."

6. Program Goal (Equitable, inclusive care): "A patient with uncontrolled hypertension tells you he only takes his medication every third day to make the bottle last, and he seems embarrassed to admit it. How do you handle the conversation?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "First, I would thank him for being honest with me so shame does not shut down the visit: 'Medication costs are high, and I am glad you told me so we can fix this together.' Next, I would check his blood pressure and ask about symptoms like headaches or chest pain. Then I would look at practical options: switching to a low-cost generic on a local pharmacy discount list, checking if our clinic has samples or social work support for prescription coverage, and simplifying his regimen to a once-daily pill before reviewing the plan with my supervising physician."

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7. Why University of Evansville PA: "Why are you applying to the University of Evansville PA program specifically, and how does our January start and curriculum structure fit your preparation?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "Three specific things drew me to UEPA. First, the first didactic semester at the Stone Family Center focuses on interprofessional teams, population needs, and the human art of medicine before the three modular clinical science semesters. Second, a cohort of 40 students means close faculty mentorship, reflected in your 100% first-time PANCE pass rate in 2025. Third, UE requires a dedicated orthopedics rotation alongside the seven core rotations, including community mental health, which fits my goal of practicing primary care in southern Indiana where musculoskeletal and behavioral health needs show up daily."

8. UE Core Value (Intellectual Curiosity): "Medical guidelines change constantly. Tell us about a time your intellectual curiosity led you to dig deeper into a question outside of class requirements."

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "While working as a medical assistant at an urgent care clinic, I noticed teenage athletes coming in with recurring ankle sprains who never finished physical therapy. Curious about why adherence was low, I read sports medicine literature on home-based rehabilitation after hours and asked our lead PA if I could help update our discharge handout. Together we replaced a dense text sheet with an illustrated progression and a link to approved exercise videos. Digging into clinical questions outside of clinic hours is how I plan to approach lifelong learning as a PA."

9. Program Policy (Academic rigor and time management): "UEPA is a 28-month, year-round full-time commitment, and faculty strongly recommend against outside employment. How will you manage the academic load and personal stress over 7 straight semesters?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "I have budgeted for the 28 months so I will not work during the program and can treat the 113-credit curriculum as my full-time job. During my junior year, I took a full science course load including Organic Chemistry and Anatomy and Physiology while working part-time. I stayed ahead by planning my week on Sunday nights, studying in focused blocks with classmates, and protecting time each week for running and sleep. In PA school, I will use that same weekly structure and build steady study groups inside UE's 40-student cohort."

10. College Mission (Advocacy and civic responsibility): "A patient with limited English proficiency arrives for a pre-op visit. The clinic is running behind, and a staff member suggests using the patient's young daughter to translate the consent form to save time. What do you do?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "I would politely decline using the daughter and pull up the clinic's certified medical interpreter phone or video line. Using a child for surgical consent is unsafe, places an unfair burden on a minor, and risks miscommunicating surgical risks. While the interpreter connects, I would let the supervising clinician and front desk know why the room will take a few extra minutes and offer to help turn over the next exam room afterward to make up the time. Protecting informed consent comes before a faster schedule."

11. Communication station (Frustrated patient): "You enter an exam room and the patient immediately says, 'I have been waiting a long time and now they send in a student instead of a real doctor.' How do you respond?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "I would stay calm, sit down at eye level, and apologize directly for the wait: 'Mr. Davis, I am sorry you have been kept waiting. Your time matters, and I understand why you are frustrated.' Then I would clarify my role: 'My name is Alex, and I am a physician assistant student working with Dr. Miller and the PA on staff today. If you are comfortable starting with me, I can take your history now so we do not lose more of your time, and then the supervising clinician and I will examine you together. If you prefer to wait to see them directly, I will let them know right now.'"

12. Direct Entry / Southwestern Indiana context: "One goal of UE's PA pathways is increasing access to care in southwestern and southern Indiana. What challenges do patients in smaller Tri-State communities face, and how can a PA help address them?"

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "In smaller southwestern Indiana towns, patients often face long drives to reach specialty care in Evansville and limited local access to behavioral health or orthopedic follow-up. Because PAs train across primary care, emergency medicine, community mental health, and orthopedics, a PA in a regional clinic can manage a broad scope of conditions locally and coordinate care with specialists in Evansville. Knowing the community's work schedules, transportation limits, and local pharmacy options lets a PA build care plans that patients can realistically follow."

How to prepare for the UEPA MMI

Because UEPA determines graduate interview invites only after the August 1 CASPA deadline for a mid-September MMI, your turnaround between invitation and interview day is short. Use this four-step plan written by our team to get ready:

Audit your CASPA file and UE values: Match one concrete experience from your CASPA application to each of UE's five core values (Integrity, Innovation, Intellectual Curiosity, Inclusive Community, Education for the Whole Person), including a real story about learning from failure.
Drill timed MMI scenarios out loud: Practice speaking to a timer after a brief reading pause. Restate the conflict, name what you would find out first, weigh two options aloud, and commit to a patient-centered action.
Rehearse UE-specific questions: Practice "Why PA?", "Why University of Evansville?", and how you fit the "leaders of change" mission, referencing the first-semester team and community focus, the required orthopedics rotation, and the Stone Family Center.
Run a full mock circuit and plan travel: Run consecutive stations without stopping so you feel how quickly stations reset, and confirm your route to 515 Bob Jones Way in downtown Evansville.

University of Evansville PA requirements, prerequisites, Direct Entry and PANCE pass rate

Every requirement below comes from the University of Evansville PA Admission Requirements, FAQ, Tuition, Direct Entry, and PANCE Results pages. For how these compare nationally, see our guide to PA school requirements. By our calculation from the UEPA FAQ (40 seats filled from about 400 applications in a typical year, with at least 50% reserved for CASPA graduate applicants), the overall admission rate is 10%.

High school seniors applying to UE's B/PA Direct Entry pathway (Pathway 1, maximum 20 students annually) must apply to UE with a PA essay by November 1, hold a 3.5 or higher weighted high school GPA, score 25 or higher on the ACT or 1200 or higher on the SAT, and interview in person at Direct Entry Day at the Stone Family Center on Friday, November 20, 2026.

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University of Evansville PA admissions, prerequisites, costs and PANCE outcomes
Category	Official University of Evansville requirement or outcome
Degree and accreditation	Master of Physician Assistant Science (MPAS), 28 months (7 semesters, 113 credit hours, starts January). ARC-PA Accreditation-Continued (next review March 2031)
Applications and seats	About 400 applications in a typical year for 40 seats (10% ratio, by our calculation from the UEPA FAQ). At least 50% via CASPA graduate admission. Maximum 20 seats via Pathway 1 (B/PA Direct Entry)
PANCE, graduation and placement	100% first-time PANCE pass rate and 97.5% on-time graduation rate (2025). 95% cumulative 5-year first-time PANCE pass rate. 100% employed within one year of graduation (Class of 2024)
Minimum GPAs	Minimum 3.0 CASPA overall GPA (includes all college courses and repeats) and 3.0 prerequisite GPA. No set minimum math-science GPA, though it is used in evaluation
Chemistry prerequisites	General/Inorganic Chemistry with lab (two semesters) and Organic Chemistry with lab (two semesters. Biochemistry with lab cannot replace Organic Chemistry 2)
Biology prerequisites	General Biology with lab (one semester), Microbiology with lab (one semester), Anatomy and Physiology with lab (two semesters, combined or separate, comparative accepted)
Social science & terminology	Social Science (two semesters, including one semester Psychology and at least one other social science) and Medical Terminology
Coursework rules	For science majors at a regionally accredited institution. Grade of C or higher required (no C- or Pass/Fail). StraighterLine and Portage Learning not accepted. All but two prerequisites done at application, remainder by December (transcripts by December 18)
Experience, tests & letters	No PCE/HCE required (strongly encouraged). No GRE required. Three letters via CASPA (up to 5). TOEFL for non-native English speakers regardless of US citizenship (min 100 iBT before January 21, 2026, or 5 on/after January 21, 2026)
Seat deposit & additional costs	$1,000 non-refundable seat deposit (applied to tuition). Estimated additional program-related costs separate from tuition: $33,037

Practice question

The University of Evansville PA Program's mission is to educate PAs who are 'leaders of change within their communities,' and your first didactic semester focuses on team environments, community needs, and the human element of medicine. Tell us about a problem you noticed in a clinic, workplace, or community setting and what you did to change it.

See an example answer

Example answer written by our team. The applicant is invented: "While volunteering at a community blood pressure screening in a rural Indiana church basement, I noticed we were handing out yellow referral slips to people with elevated readings, but the same residents came back the next month without having seen a clinician. When I asked a few regulars what got in the way, two things came up: the sliding-scale clinic in town required online intake forms they could not fill out on their flip phones, and nobody explained what the top and bottom blood pressure numbers actually meant. Before our next monthly screening, I worked with the parish nurse to print paper intake forms for the local clinic and created a one-page visual tracker in large print that explained blood pressure targets in plain words. We also started helping attendees call the clinic to book an appointment before they left the church hall. Over the next three months, several regular attendees established primary care. That taught me that clinical knowledge only helps a community when you remove the practical friction between the recommendation and the patient's daily life."

It answers the prompt with one concrete story rather than reciting the mission statement, shows curiosity before jumping to a solution, involves a teammate (the parish nurse), and connects the action directly to UEPA's first-semester focus on community needs and the human side of medicine.

Frequently asked questions

What interview format does the University of Evansville PA program use?

The University of Evansville PA program uses an in-person Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) on campus at the Stone Family Center for Health Sciences. For the 2026 application cycle, the graduate interview takes place on the morning of Saturday, September 19, 2026.

Does the University of Evansville PA program have rolling admissions?

No. While the program evaluates CASPA applications as they arrive through the August 1 deadline, it does not determine interview invitations until after the August 1 deadline has passed.

Does the University of Evansville PA program require patient care experience or the GRE?

No. The program does not require previous healthcare experience (though it is strongly encouraged) and does not require the GRE.

How many students are accepted into the University of Evansville PA program?

The program receives about 400 applications in a typical year and admits 40 students per cohort. At least 50% of the class is admitted through the CASPA graduate pathway, and up to 20 students enter through the B/PA Direct Entry pathway.

What is the University of Evansville PA program PANCE pass rate?

According to the program's published NCCPA report, the 2025 cohort achieved a 100% first-time PANCE pass rate and a 97.5% on-time graduation rate, and the cumulative 5-year first-time PANCE pass rate is 95%.

When does the University of Evansville PA program send admission decisions after the interview?

After the September MMI, candidates are re-ranked and initial admission offers for the January cohort are sent within 1 week of interviews (or within two weeks per the Graduate Admission page). Eligible interviewed candidates not initially offered a seat are placed on a waitlist that remains active until the first day of classes.

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